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[REBOL] Re: if and parens

From: carl:cybercraft at: 6-Oct-2002 11:13

On 06-Oct-02, Laurent Giroud wrote:
> Hi everyone again, > I have a little "problem" that I encounter quite frequently with 'if > : in certain cases I need to use parens to make sure that the > expression tested is correctly evaluated. > While I understand that in some cases parens may be necessary to > avoid ambiguities, in the following example I fail to see why they > are needed : > this simply prints the list of files in the current folder and works > quite fine : >>> foreach elt read %. [if (get in info? to-file elt 'type) = 'file >>> [print elt]] > ... > but when removing the parens we get : >>> foreach elt read %. [if get in info? to-file elt 'type = 'file >>> [print elt]] > ** Script Error: in expected word argument of type: word > ** Where: halt-view > ** Near: if get in info? to-file > The code looks quite unambiguous to me since all the part beetween > the 'if and the "=" character evaluates without problem if isolated > : >>> elt: %afile ; "afile" being an existing file >>> get in info? to-file elt 'type > == file > Would anyone have an explanation ?
Others can have a go at the explaination, but as you say, the problem (if it is one) can be solved in may cases by swapping the operator's values around. ie... foreach elt read %. [if 'file = get in info? to-file elt 'type [print elt]] -- Carl Read